pen-pusher — pen pushers also penpusher N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a pen pusher, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents, and does not seem very useful or important. [BRIT] As a result, industry was overmanned and … English dictionary

pen pusher — pen .pusher n BrE informal someone who has a boring unimportant job in an office … Dictionary of contemporary English

pen pusher — A person who does work that requires little action, just office work, and who lacks operating experience, is called a pen pusher. Those pen pushers have no idea what it s like on a building site … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

Pen-pusher — one who works with a pen, especially a clerk engaged in work considered to be drudgery (also formerly quill pusher ) … Dictionary of Australian slang

pen-pusher — Australian Slang one who works with a pen, especially a clerk engaged in work considered to be drudgery (also formerly quill pusher ) … English dialects glossary